STANHOPE — Skeeter the Clown entertained youngsters Thursday morning at the Stanhope library. She was in town to help promote the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus that's coming to Jewell for two performances on Saturday, Aug. 10. Shows will be at 2 and 4:30 p.m. in the city park. ...

Several Hamilton County 4-H members were awarded special recognition for their projects at the county fair. Those honored are as follows:  Awarded in Memory of Joy Middleton Niklasen Food & Nutrition: Preston Erickson, Pumpkin Bread, Stratford Spirit; Visual Arts: Reese Casey, ...

Doodlebug enthusiasts from all over the world will come to Webster City in mid-September to celebrate the 73rd year of the famed Doodlebug scooter. But in between a group ride and museum visit, a new and quite unique event will be held this year — a Doodlebug quilting workshop. The ...

Every Saturday morning in August, Kendall Young Library will host Saturday Kids’ Movies. Movies are shown every Saturday morning from 10:30-12:00 for kids in Kindergarten-5th grade. Children under Kindergarten should be accompanied by an adult. Popcron is served. The movies in August ...

The Kendall Young Library Noon Book Club will be discussing the All Iowa Reads 2019 book selection: This Blesses Earth: A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm by Ted Genoways. The group will meet on Tuesday, Aug. 27 from 12 to 1 p.m. at Kendall Young Library. New members are always ...

McKenna Mitchell, 2018 Hamilton County Fair Queen, interviews Zoie MacRunnel, one of the Little Misses at the fair queen coronation held Thursday. Other Misses include, from the left, Ava Henely, Bristol Ferrie, Hadley MacRunnel, Katie Egeland and Shyla Tapper.